Celebrating Landcare

Today (8 Sept) Environment Minister, Lily D’Ambrosia visited the Park for National Landcare Week to announce a new ‘Community Skills Development Grant’ program for environmental volunteer groups.

A total of $600,000 is available in $5,000 grants to strengthen leadership skills in Landcare groups and $20,000 for networks and partnerships. See more here.

We are a Landcare Group and always pleased to welcome the Minister staff from her department to the Park. This time she handed out certificates of land caring to volunteering staff from corporates Transurban and the Lloyd Group for ‘getting their hands dirty’ and planted two eucalypts in the mound near the BBQ shelter. Thanks Minister!

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Quick facts

Westgate Park created in 1985
Friends of Westgate Park formed in 1999
300+ locally indigenous species planted by the Friends
60+ species of fungi identified
Monthly surveys record on average 50 bird species and ~1,000 birds
175 bird species visited the park since 2007
6 parcels of land totalling 7.8 hectares were added to the Park 2003-16 thanks to advocacy by the Friends

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